Dale's Biography: Dale is currently a Project/Program Manager for The Boeing Company's Laser Electro Optical Systems (LEOS) in California. He has more than 18 years of service with The Boeing Company and has held various leadership positions in engineering as well as project and program management. He has experience in technology development, electro-mechanical design and new product development.

Dale has a Masters of Arts degree in Design and a Masters of Science degree in Automation Engineering from California State University - Northridge, as well as a Doctorate in Organizational Leadership from The University of Phoenix in Tempe, Arizona. He has also served for over 10 years supporting the Hugh O’Brian Youth Foundation (HOBY) in many roles from a Seminar Vice-Chair to Ambassador Counselor. He continues to foster the vision to help young adults "Learn how to think" – "Not what to think." He is currently a National Management Liaison to HOBY for both the California - LA and California - Central Leadership sites and runs the California Central Ambassador Mentorship Program.

Dale teaches distance learning in Project Management and Project Management Communications for DeVry University/Keller Graduate School of Management focussing on facilitating students to understand the leadership and management responsibilities in business environments. He has a member of the In2:InThinking Network since 2001 and a member of the Annual Forum Planning Team for all events since the inaugural Forum in 2002. As a transplanted Southern California native, in his off time he likes to mountain bike at the beach and plays volleyball.

Website: Dale's website can be accessed at www.fesserdorff.com.

Contact: Dale can be reached by e-mail at d.s.deardorff@att.net for additional information about this pre-conference session.


Workshop Title: Think-Tion: Integrating Thinking to Actions

Date: Thursday, April 17

Length: 5 hours (Part 1 - 1:15-4:15pm and Part 2 - 5:15-7:15pm)

Location: Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne - 6633 Canoga Avenue, Canoga Park

Workshop Cost: $90, to cover the expense of an HBDITM Individual Profile and a copy of Ned Hermann's The Creative Brain

Description: This interactive workshop will give you the chance to understand how Thinking and Actions are integrated together. In previous models and business applications the philosophy is that that we have Situations which lead to Actions which can lead to exceptional Results. The premise of the Thinking required is completely missed and disconnected. What is proposed with Think-TionTM is the ability to Think like a STAR (Situation-Thinking-Action-Result) and assure that the Thinking pattern is not only connected but that it is aligned to allow the necessary cognitive stimulus and “Value Expectation” in Action’s to predictably produce the desired or expected results. Further details follow below for Part 1 and Part 2;

Part 1:  Understand how the HBDITM Personal Thinking Preference allows visibility into Whole Brain Methodology which can provide a powerful model for understanding yourself and others, taking the emotional charge out of differences, communicating more effectively and making solid decisions which will allow you to increase your team capacity and company’s success. Learning how to use your whole brain and not just the few specialized quadrant clusters with which you’re most comfortable can put you on a path to improved self-awareness, self-esteem and exploration of the difference between the HBDITM 4-Quadrant Thinking model (Right Brained, Left Brained, Upper Cognitive and Lower Visceral)

Target Audience: This workshop is designed for those that desire to learn about their Thinking Preferences and Action Planning for improving the effectiveness of individuals and organizations.

Business Issues: TBD

Objectives: Upon completion of the workshop, the participant will see opportunities to connect thinking to action from all Thinking Preferences assuring that Feelings are connected to Values.

Workshop Handouts: Available for download after Forum